Improvement in saws



i from that of the old-fashioned V tooth. I construct the teeth of my improved saw `so that their lower endsshall be wider than the body of the tooth above the point, as shown in the drani'ings.` I then form-cuttingfpoints, era,

`"points, both on the horizontal and on the vertical faces, these teeth are lledlbevelling on each side, as repre#` teeth of the saw were formed thus they would hook or catch into the wood in such amanneraseither m @nitrite tang @anni @ffii-tt.-

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`ALFRED BoYNToN, or TOWNSHIP `or WRIGHT, `'M1on1-GAN, `es'Si'retiren :no

EBEN M. BOYNTON,l OF GRAND RAPIDS; MIGHIG Late Patent NO- 59,951, dated November 27,3-1`h8`66l `i y y SPECIFICATION.

Be it known that'I, ALFRED BOYNrroN, of the township of Wright, county of'Ottaw and State of Mihgam' u have `invented improved cross-cut-saw teeth, which I denominate f Boyntons `Double eamand Improved Hook f Saw Teeth; and I do hereby declare that the following is a' full and exactdelseriptlion thereoreference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon. l l

The nature of my invention consists in a novel co'nstruction of the teeth of 'sawsp whereby I amgenabledto l produce a saw that works with great ease and rapidity. l l l i l Figure 1 represents a cross-cut-saw made on my improved plan; and

Figure 2 represents a portion of the same on a larger' scale. i i

It has hitherto been usual to construct the teeth of saws of this class, of Y `shape, `in which casethe cutting y has to be performed by drawing the inclined edge of the teeth across the fibre of `the wood, `applyin` `more or l less pressure thereto. In my invention the tooth is sor constructed as to perform `the operation of `lcuttinf-: on the principle of the planebit-the sharp point of the tooth being presented tothe wood at an opposite angle on the opposite sides of a portion of these teeth, as represented by the teeth marked 1, in fig. 2. l The centre l portion-of the lower edge of this tooth is iiled away, so as to be lower than,theextremeipoints, a, and from fthe y sented-the extreme point, a, being left oi" the full width of y the thickuessnoi'` thefsaw-plate f `Theteeth` tlins formed constitute the principal cutting-teeth of the saw; and it will be seenthat thesepointls,` ya," are presente" the Yfibre to be cut, at an acute angle, like'a plane bit, and that consequently theywill `tend to raise `the `cut portie up from` the solid or uncut portion, and will cut it with greater facility and ease.` Itlisobvious that` ifga lie" the saw jerk and jump, or prevent it from operating at all; and thereforeI malte each alternatetooth, sented bythe teeth marked No. 2. *These teeth are made straight on the grgutter` portion of" 'rf"horizontal` face, as represented at e-the points, c, being filed bev-elling for a short distance back,`alongjth`e hormontal f e, as shown-their vertical faces being left of full thickness, and perfectly pla f These tleet'hfNo.` 2p, are

slightly shorter than No. 1, andntheir faces,.e, resting on the wood, `serveas gauges tofi'egnlate the dept to which the points, a, can Venter the wood. At the same 1timethe points, c, serveas` cleaners to gather up` and carry with them the saw-dust that may be left by the other teeth, though is obvious `that they, too, ill ope ate in asimilar manner to some extent, butnot teso great an extent, b." sehof 1 their vertical `faces bevelled. By these means I produce a saw'that cuts with unusual rapidityf` dleaseg Having thu's described my invention, what I claim, isfl A saw provided witl`V the teeth No. l `and the cleanerteethNo. 2, arranged l stantially as shownand described. l

Witnesses I. R. L. Panton, Geo. Ci Palaos. 

